Office of Special Education COVID-19 Resources & Information

Updated 7/21/2020 at 10:30 a.m. ET

● Technical Guidance from IDOE/USED

○ Compliance Pointers on Computers and Other Assistive Technology Devices​ (July 21, 2020)
○ IDEA PART B Dispute Resolution Procedures​ (June 22, 2020)
○ Altered Face Covering Guidance ​(June 15, 2020)
■ Masks and Face Shields​ (June 16, 2020)
○ Progress Monitoring- COVID-19​ (June 1, 2020)
○ Revised OSE- Evaluation Timeline Guidance COVID-19 (May 8, 2020)
○ Continuous Learning and Accommodations​ (April 20, 2020)
○ Accessibility and FAPE during School Closures Webinar from the Office of Special Education
and the Inclusive Digital Era Collaborative (iDEC).​ (April 9, 2020)
○ Graduation: ​Certificate of Completion Cohort 2020 Guidance
○ Special Education/Service Delivery During COVID-19 Closures and eLearning Days Frequently
Asked Questions​ (updated April 6, 2020)
○ USED: ​Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools
While Serving Children with Disabilities​ (March 21, 2020)
○ U.S. Department of Education Releases Webinar, Fact Sheet for Protecting Students' Civil
Rights During COVID-19 Response​ (March 17, 2020)
○ Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities during the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak​ (March 12, 2020)
○ Memo on Meeting IDEA /Article 7 Timelines​ (March 11, 2020)
○ Resources for Students using AAC while eLearning​ (March 2020)

○ eLearning Day Program Guidance for Students with Disabilities​ (May 2019)
● Resources to Assist with the Delivery of Services to Students with Disabilities while
Implementing Remote Learning
○ General
■ Accessibility Considerations/Guidance for Digital content
● eLearning Accessibility​ ​#DeafEdTips
● Create Accessible Content: Distance Learning Edition​ (fill out the form for access
to the recorded PATINS webinar)
■ Continuous Learning and Accommodations​ (April 20, 2020)
■ Communication/Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
■ Distance Learning Platforms Comparison​ (Zoom, Hangouts, Skype)
■ Universally Designed Delivery for Remote Learning
■ Accessibility & e-Learning Days Zoom/Twitter Chat by PATINS
■ Kansas Department of Education Distance Learning Resources​ (May 17, 2020)
○ Academic
■ Supports for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
● Project SUCCESS​ ​(updated May 20, 2020)
● TIES Center has launched a distance-learning series​ (April 23)
● Life Course Framework
● Example of Daily Schedule by Grade Band with Embedded Resources
● Moving to Online Learning: Q & A for Intervention Specialists working with
learners who have complex needs
● Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC)
● Indiana LEA Provided Resources
● IRCA-videos, structured tasks & activities, visuals and social narratives
■ Other Supports for Students with Disabilities
● Indiana IEP Resource Center
● PATINS​ Distance Learning Support and COVID19
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
■ National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) resource library
○ Individualized Education Program (IEP)
■ ​EdPlan Connect- New Feature in IIEP​! Parents/guardians can sign documents
electronically and stay up to date with student progress.
● For more information to share with school personnel, please click​ ​here​.
● Guidance for parents on EdPlan connect is available​ ​here.
● Guidance for parents on EdPlan Connect in Spanish is available​ ​here​. (May 8,
2020)
● Guía para padres sobre EdPlan Connect en español está disponible ​aquí​. (May
8, 2020)
● IIEP Connect Users Guide July 2020​ (July 20, 2020)
● EDPlan Connect FAQ (June 17)
● Please note this feature will be live through September 30, 2020.
■ Remote IEP Meetings (April 22, 2020)
■ Indiana IEP Resource Center
● Series of webinars specifically for Educational Diagnosticians (April 7-30)
■ e-Signature Directions
■ Updating Calendars in Indiana IEP
■ USED: ​Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary
Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities​ (p. 4-5) March 21, 2020
■ USED: ​Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary
Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities​ (March 21, 2020)
■ IDOE ​Memo on Meeting IDEA /Article 7 Timelines​ (March 11, 2020)

○ Equity
 ■ Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core​ (June 4, 2020)
■ Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely (Rice University)
■ Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States
(NAACP)
○ Deaf Education
■ The​ ​Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education​ has been busy working on
developing continuous learning guidance documents to assist schools and IEP teams as
re-entry plans are underway. Please visit our​ ​website​ and navigate to both the Deaf
Education and Audiology tabs to find the following updated documents:
● Audiology Tips & Tricks
● Continuous Learning: ​Guiding Questions
● Continuous Learning: ​Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) Considerations
● Continuous Learning: ​Educational Interpreter Considerations
● Accessible Virtual Meetings: ​Tips for Video Interpreters
● Accessible Virtual Meetings: ​Tips for Working with Educational Interpreters
■ Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
● Access the LiveBinder under the eLearning tab (includies COVID-19 guidance
and social stories), ​https://tinyurl.com/deafedresources​ ​ ​Access key: IndianaDHH
● Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiology COVID-19 Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ)
● Checklist for Teaching Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Online (April
23, 2020)
● Considerations of Special Factors worksheet​ ​(June 17, 2020)
● Virtual Meeting Tips for Interpreters​ ​(June 17, 2020)
● Tips for Virtual Meetings with Interpreters​ ​(June 17, 2020)
● Masks:
○ Consideration of Face Shields as a Return to School Option​ ​(June 17,
2020)
○ Altered Face Covering Guidance ​(June 15, 2020)
■ National Deaf Center
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
■ ZOOM tutorial for ASL Interpreters (in English--captioned)
○ Blind/Low Vision
■ ICAM (Indiana Center for Accessible Materials)
■ IERC (Indiana Educational Resource Center)
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
○ Deaf-Blind
■ Indiana Deaf-Blind Services Project
○ Transition
■ Indicator 13 Guidance Memo​ (April 17, 2020)
 ■ Certificate of Completion Cohort 2020 Guidance
■ Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC)
■ eLearning Resources for Transition Activities and Services (pre-employment transition
services)
○ Emotional Disabilities
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
○ Social Emotional Learning/Mental Health
■ IDOE Social-Emotional Remote Learning Resources
■ Indiana School Mental Health Initiative
■ EVSC Guidance, Scripts, Strategies, and Resources for Supporting Students &
Educators during COVID-19
○ Autism
■ IRCA-videos, structured tasks & activities, visuals and social narratives
■ UNC online toolkit for those supporting individuals with autism during COVID-19
epidemic
■ HANDS in Autism
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
○ Early Childhood
■ Early Learning Family Guides
■ Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
● Support for Special Education General Administration
○ Special Education/Service Delivery During COVID-19 Closures and eLearning Days Frequently
Asked Questions​ (updated April 6, 2020)
○ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
● Support for PARENTS
○ INSOURCE
○ Cornoavirus/COVID-19 FAQs for Parents and Guardians of Students with Disabilities
○ Coronavirus/COVID-19 Preguntas Frecuentes para Padres y Tutores de Estudiantes con
Discapacidades
○ West Virginia Special Education & Student Support Resources for Families & Educators
○ Information to Support families During the COVID-19 Crisis
● Supports for Educators, including Paraprofessionals and Other Related Services Staff
○ Indiana Resource Network (IRN) Office Hours
■ PATINS Virtual Open Office Hours​ Schedule
● Direct Zoom Link 10am & 2pm Daily
■ PATINS Weekly Tuesday Twitter Chat
■ Project SUCCESS-​ VIRTUAL Office Hours every Thursday at 2:30PM EST, beginning
April 2 through May 1. ​Sign up here​ & check out the idea​ ​Padlet​.
■ HANDS in Autism: Virtual Open Office Hours, Tuesday or Thursday, from 3:30-5:00pm
EST​.​Join online via ZOOM
 ○ Professional Development and/or PGPs for educators
■ Project SUCCESS ​Free​ ​Online Paraprofessional Courses
■ Indiana Center on Teacher Quality (ICTQ) modules
■ PATINS Online Trainings
■ IRIS Center modules
■ HANDS in AUTISM courses
■ Free Online Trainings from Pennsylvania
■ Free Online Trainings from Virginia TTAC (searchable by topic)
■ OCALI Free Professional Development Modules
○ Speech Language Pathologists
■ Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA)
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
■ Series of webinars specifically for Educational Diagnosticians (April 7-30)
■ IRCA-videos, structured tasks & activities, visuals and social narratives
○ Occupational Therapists
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
○ Physical Therapists
■ Indiana LEA Provided Resources
○ School Psychologists
■ National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) COVID-19 resource page
■ NASP-School Psychologists Providing Telehealth Services
■ Indiana Association of School Psychologists COVID resources
■ HANDS in Autism​-can assist with ASD evaluations and/or other behavioral/educational
evaluations
■ IEPRC Series of Webinars Specifically for Educational Diagnosticians (April 7-30)
● Fiscal Supports
○ Federal Funding FAQ​ (March 16, 2020)
○ FAQ for SEEC During Coronavirus​ (March 30, 2020)
○ School Medicaid Claiming Resources During COVID-19 Outbreak